Sermons on Ancient City:

A Proper Attitude Series

Contributed by Terry Laughlin on Nov 15, 2015

The Apostle Paul has some key truths: Praise, Thanksgiving, Always, Continually and In All Circumstances: These are not attitudes for just the Sunday service, but a continue daily life expression.

A Proper Attitude Biblical Perspective on Thanksgiving Ephesians 5 19 - 20 says, "Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord, ALWAYS giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ." And 1 ...read more

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Being Positive In A Negative World

Contributed by Ray Ellis on Apr 19, 2002

When the Apostle Paul preached on Mars Hill in Athens he cemonstrated how to be positive in a negative world.

“Being Positive in a Negative World” Apostle Paul -A bridge builder not a builder of walls- Acts 17:16-34 When the Apostle Paul preached on Mars Hill in Athens Greece he demonstrated how to be positive in a negative world. When we look at all that is happening around the world, in our cities and ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:16-34, 1 Thessalonians 1:1, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Denomination: Free Methodist

Widow Of Nain's Son Raised

Contributed by John Gaston on Mar 20, 2012

What seems to be a passing incident turns out to be a deep and powerful picture of the tenderness of Jesus and of His mighty resurrection power.

WIDOW OF NAIN’S SON RAISED Luke 7:11-17 [Some of the material contained in this message is borrowed from Charles Spurgeon’s sermon on this passage] INTRODUCTION A. HUMOR 1. Jackie Cahill took her four-year-old great-grandson to Leavenworth National Cemetery where her husband is ...read more

Scripture: Luke 7:11-17

Denomination: Assembly Of God

The New Jerusalem And Eternal State

Contributed by Larry Cockerham on Jul 5, 2002

The millennium now being over, John is now introduced to a new universal order, the eternal state, where there are drastic changes in the cosmos as well as the marine environment.

John tells us in Revelation 21:1: "And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea." The millennium now being over, John is now introduced to a new universal order, the eternal state, where there are drastic changes in the ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 21:1-5

Denomination: Baptist

Do Unchristians Find Us Unchristian?

Contributed by Monty Newton on Aug 15, 2010

Christ-like Christians are a blessing to God and a delight to others.

Title: Do unChristians Find Us unChristian? Text: Luke 13:10-17 Thesis: Christ-like Christians are a blessing to God and a delight to others. Introduction The story of “The Trojan Horse” comes to us out of Greek mythology. It is the story of how the Greeks laid siege to the ...read more

Scripture: Luke 13:10-17

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

How Great Is Our God (Part 1) Series

Contributed by Scott Bayles on Jul 2, 2012

How great is our God? This four-sermon series is all about the greatness and glory of God. In part one, this expository sermon from Acts 17 explains that our God is a creative God, a caring God and a commanding God.

HOW GREAT IS OUR GOD (part 1) Scott Bayles, pastor Blooming Grove Christian Church: 4/15/2012 At a Youth for Christ rally a curious college student once posed a provocative question to the great mass-evangelist, Billy Graham. He asked, “What kind of guy is God?” He may not have ...read more

Scripture: Acts 17:22-33

Denomination: Christian Church

Anointing By Mary At Simon’s Feast Series

Contributed by John Lowe on Feb 24, 2019

What would your plans be if you knew you had only six days to live? Jesus took time to visit dear friends and fellowship with them. Their home was in the city of Bethany, and there Mary, Martha and their brother Lazarus were included in a feast given in honor of Jesus.

HARMONY OF THE GOSPELS November 7, 2007 DATE: TUESDAY OF CHRIST’S LAST WEEK ON EARTH LOCATION: BETHANY Title: Anointing By Mary at Simon’s Feast SCRIPTURE: Matthew 26:6-13 (FOCAL PASSAGE); Mark 14.39; INTRODUCTION What would your plans be if you knew you had only six days to live? ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 26:6-13, Mark 14:39, John 12:2-8

Denomination: Baptist

Heavenly Portals Or Potholes To Hell?

Contributed by Dr. Craig Nelson on Apr 28, 2020

There has been a dramatic increase in the number of those who say they are experiencing angelic visitations as a result of open heavenly "portals"

NASA has used spacecraft to detect energetic particles and magnetic openings in the Earth's magnetosphere. They are known as 'X-points' or electron diffusion regions where the magnetic field of Earth connects to the magnetic field of the Sun, creating an uninterrupted path leading ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:13-14, Proverbs 8:32-36, Genesis 28:12, Genesis 28:15, John 1:51, John 14:6, Joel 2:28-29, Psalm 24:7, Psalm 141:3, Psalm 78:23, Revelation 4:1-2, Luke 8:17, 1 Timothy 4:1-2, Ephesians 5:11, 2 Timothy 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 5:21  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Developing The Father's Heart Series

Contributed by Tim White on Mar 11, 2013

Abraham reveals God's influence in his heart as he mourns for Sodom and Gomorrah.

Developing the Father’s Heart Genesis 19:27-29 Othal Feather said, “When the compassion on the inside of the church exceeds the indifference of the world on the outside, people will fill the Churches.” Ill. Speaking of the more than 200 years of Christian missionary presence in ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 19:27-29

Denomination: Baptist

Some Visible Results Of Faith Series

Contributed by Dennis Davidson on Nov 7, 2022

When we step out by faith in God, led by the Spirit of God, grounded in the Word of God, we see visible answers to our faith. These answers act as verification for our faith in the unseen spiritual realities and encourage its growth.

HEBREWS 11:28-31 SOME VISIBLE RESULTS OF FAITH [Colossians 1:19; 2:9-10] We have been learning how to leave a legacy through faith lessons from God’s heroes. These men and women became more than they could have imagined because their faith attached them to God. God therefore built His enabling ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 11:28-31

Denomination: Baptist

Deceived Series

Contributed by Jason Pettibone on Jun 1, 2005

What would you do if you were in the place of the people of the region of Gibeon, knowing your cities were the next in line for this invading horde of people who marched around fortresses until the walls fell down, if you were facing an invader who seem

Deceived! Text: Joshua 9 Joshua’s conquest of Canaan, Israel’s promise Land, gives us some great life lessons about how to own God’s promises! Last week, I spoke to you from the 7th chapter about the importance of keeping the covenant with God and how our choices, both good and bad, have a ...read more

Scripture: Joshua 9:3-13

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Sunday Is Here, But Monday Is Coming

Contributed by Peter Mclewin on Mar 18, 2002

At the end of each day of the Holy Week, Jesus withdrew from the city and then returned in the morning with a fresh symbol of who He was. On Monday He used a fig tree to teach a powerful lesson about spiritual fruit.

While in Israel last month (March 2001) I once again had the privilege of walking down the Mount of Olives in a manner similar to that which Jesus did so many years ago on Palm Sunday. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of that view of city. It is, without a doubt, the best approach to the Holy ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 21:18-22

Denomination: Baptist

A Day Of Cheers And Tears Series

Contributed by David Dykes on Mar 27, 2003

When Jesus arrived in Jerusalem in the last week of His life he was greeted with cheers, but He wept over the city because of their superficial beliefs and spiritual blindness. Learn the valuable personal lessons that apply to us today.

A Day of Cheers and Tears Luke 19:28-45 By Dr. David O. Dykes INTRODUCTION I turned 50 in January and someone in the church was kind enough to send me a revised list of hymns for the over-50 crowd: 1. “Precious Lord, Take my Hand, and Help Me Up” 2. “It is Well with my Soul; but my Knees ...read more

Scripture: Luke 19:28-45

Denomination: Baptist

Solutions For Jealous Tendencies

Contributed by Paul Fritz on May 19, 2003

Jealousy creates destructive behavior. The best people of the day were swept up in a wave of jealous retribution. "But the Jews aroused the devout of the city and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district."

The Roots Of Jealousy (Acts 13:42-52) Illustration:JEALOUSY It is the eyes of other people that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture. Benjamin Franklin. There is a fable of an eagle which could out fly another, and the other didn’t like ...read more

Scripture: Acts 13:40-52

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Concerns Of God

Contributed by Greg Bryan on Nov 16, 2004

History records that perhaps God was working long before Jonah went to Nineveh. Nineveh was located about 550 miles from Samaria. It was the second largest city in the Assyrian Empire. It was protected by an outer and an inner wall. The inner was was

Concerns of God “Should I not be concerned about that great city?” 4:11 About The Prophet He is one of the four Prophets whose ministries Christ referred to. The only Prophet whose writing was mostly a story not a message. He’s the only OT Prophet to attempt to _RUN_ away from God. Simple ...read more

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational